tapear

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word tapear. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word tapear, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say tapear in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word tapear you have here. The definition of the word tapear will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition oftapear, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ta.peˈa(ʁ)/ , /ta.piˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /taˈpja(ʁ)/
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ta.peˈa(ɾ)/, /ta.piˈa(ɾ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /taˈpja(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ta.peˈa(ʁ)/ , /ta.piˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /taˈpja(ʁ)/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ta.peˈa(ɻ)/

Etymology 1

From tapa +‎ -ear.

Verb

tapear (first-person singular present tapeio, first-person singular preterite tapeei, past participle tapeado)

  1. (Brazil, informal) to trick, to fool

Etymology 2

An alteration of tapetar.

Verb

tapear (first-person singular present tapeio, first-person singular preterite tapeei, past participle tapeado)

  1. (Mozambique) alternative form of tapetar (“to carpet”)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tapear (e becomes ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal tapear
Personal tapear tapeares tapear tapearmos tapeardes tapearem
Gerund
tapeando
Past participle
Masculine tapeado tapeados
Feminine tapeada tapeadas
Indicative
Present tapeio tapeias tapeia tapeamos tapeais tapeiam
Imperfect tapeava tapeavas tapeava tapeávamos tapeáveis tapeavam
Preterite tapeei tapeaste tapeou tapeamos1, tapeámos2 tapeastes tapearam
Pluperfect tapeara tapearas tapeara tapeáramos tapeáreis tapearam
Future tapearei tapearás tapeará tapearemos tapeareis tapearão
Conditional tapearia tapearias tapearia tapearíamos tapearíeis tapeariam
Subjunctive
Present tapeie tapeies tapeie tapeemos tapeeis tapeiem
Imperfect tapeasse tapeasses tapeasse tapeássemos tapeásseis tapeassem
Future tapear tapeares tapear tapearmos tapeardes tapearem
Imperative
Affirmative tapeia tapeie tapeemos tapeai tapeiem
Negative (não) não tapeies não tapeie não tapeemos não tapeeis não tapeiem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

From tapa +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tapeˈaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ta‧pe‧ar

Verb

tapear (first-person singular present tapeo, first-person singular preterite tapeé, past participle tapeado)

  1. to have tapas, to dine on tapas, particularly from bar to bar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tapear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive tapear
gerund tapeando
past participle masculine feminine
singular tapeado tapeada
plural tapeados tapeadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present tapeo tapeastú
tapeásvos 		tapea tapeamos tapeáis tapean
imperfect tapeaba tapeabas tapeaba tapeábamos tapeabais tapeaban
preterite tapeé tapeaste tapeó tapeamos tapeasteis tapearon
future tapearé tapearás tapeará tapearemos tapearéis tapearán
conditional tapearía tapearías tapearía tapearíamos tapearíais tapearían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present tapee tapeestú
tapeésvos2 		tapee tapeemos tapeéis tapeen
imperfect
(ra) 		tapeara tapearas tapeara tapeáramos tapearais tapearan
imperfect
(se) 		tapease tapeases tapease tapeásemos tapeaseis tapeasen
future1 tapeare tapeares tapeare tapeáremos tapeareis tapearen
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative tapeatú
tapeávos 		tapee tapeemos tapead tapeen
negative no tapees no tapee no tapeemos no tapeéis no tapeen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Derived terms

Further reading

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia